Medicare will usually cover 80% of rental, purchase, and maintenance payments. After 9 months of rental payments, you will be sent an offer to purchase the wheelchair. By and large they follow the same procedures for electric wheelchairs as they do for mobility scooters.

A patient qualifies for a prescription if the following apply: -Patient cannot walk independently, even with the assistance of other mobility aids (such as a walker) -Patient has upper body weakness, so a manual wheelchair is insufficient for mobility -Patient would be effectively confined to bed without assistance of electric wheelchair -Patient can mount, dismount, [...]

Yes, if proscribed by a doctor for use around the home. Medical need must be demonstrated. Only the primary care doctor can proscribe an electric wheelchair.

It will be less expensive to buy a scooter from a Medicare-approved supplier. All such suppliers have a Medicare supplier number. They also cannot charge more than the Medicare-approved amount (or in some cases, no more than 15% above the Medicare-approved amount)

If you purchase a scooter, you will own it after 3 payments (80% covered by Medicare). If you rent the scooter, you will be charged a general maintenance fee every six months (again, mostly covered by Medicare), but each individual maintenance incident will be fully covered by the rental company.

Medicare will cover 80% of rental, purchase, and maintenance payments. You will have the option to purchase the scooter after 10 months of rental payments.

A patient qualifies for a prescription if the following apply: -Patient cannot walk independently, even with the assistance of other mobility aids (such as a walker) -Patient has upper body weakness, so a wheelchair is insufficient for mobility -Patient would be effectively confined to bed without assistance of scooter -Patient can mount, dismount, and operate [...]

Yes, if proscribed by a doctor primarily for use around the home, if there is medical need. Follow your medical advantage plan (HMO, PPO, etc) for instructions on purchase.

You should consider everything in an CCRC that you would normally look for in a house, also taking into consideration individual requirements of your patient. Pay special attention to the design of living facilities and how they take the needs of seniors into account. Staff should be courteous and sociable.

Yes, some CCRCs are geared towards the changing needs of Alzheimer’s patients.